Project / Program : Demand for Rights of the Excluded and Marginalized-(DREAM)

Since inceptions, AID Foundation is very
committed, specific, and sincere to bring the socio-economic uplift and
establish the rights of the women and children of the society. Bangladesh is
primarily an agrarian country where more than 70% populations are directly or
indirectly depend on agriculture. But, in fact, the agriculture sector is
generally neglected sector in our country especially the farmers. Hence, AID Foundation
initiated the Agricultural Development Program with an aims at ensuring the
rights and the accessibility of farmers to the government provided facilities
and technological support. Under this program, AID Foundation has already
successfully implemented a projects ‘Access Creation and Association Building
for Agricultural Development (AABAD)’ during the period were January 2009 to
July 2013, funded by Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) with an overall objective “to
ensure the rights of the farmers and their accessibility to the government provided facilities and technological support”.

Presently, AID Foundation has been implementing
the name of “Demand for Rights of the Excluded And Marginalized (DREAM) project
as a thematic continuation of AABAD for the next three & Half Years from
August 2013 to December 2016 at six Upazilas of Jhenaidah district, such as
Jhenaidah Sadar, Shaikupa, Harinakundo, Kaligonj, Kotchandpur and Moheshpur
Upazial. Since the extension of this project AID is working for the farmers
rights and supports them to develop their capacity in the different arena
including institutional responsiveness, and other services relating to health,
education, safety net support in the local level. In this perspective, AID is going to implement
this project for the development and establishment of the rights of
marginalized people and vulnerable women of this target areas through
organizing them and ensuring their accessibility to the information and
services provided by the government (agricultural and other public service
provider agencies) and making these government agencies people oriented,
dutiful and accountable. Along with other services the health and education
services are very essential to bring about the changes of the life style of the
poor and marginalized people. Awareness on primary health care and treatment
services could be ensured by the community health center and satellite clinic.
Similarly Education Department with the initiative of Union level Standing
Committee and School Management Committee (SMC) can provide mass education for
the community and quality primary education to their children. Necessary
initiatives will be taken under the project to make the concern service
providing agencies more responsive.

Village
level organization will be a platform of the poor and marginalized people which
they could raise their voice to get into access in the different services
provided by the public agencies. So it needs to be greater attention to make
the village level organization strengthening through awareness raising
workshop, seminar, meeting etc. A follow up mechanism will also be established
within the village organization in such way that implementation status of the
decisions taken in the orientation/workshop with the public service providing
Institutions will be reviewed during the meeting of the village organization.

In
this context, AID Foundation submitted this project along with other activities
to establish where Social Actors will be deployed. Those committed Social
Actors will play a vital role to attain the rights of the poor and marginalized
people through developing their capacity in organize manner.

Project
summary

Particulars

Numbers

Particulars

Numbers

District

01

Female

10608

Upazila

06

Student

12003

Union

24

Boys

5947

Village

120

Girls

6056

Family

3791

Primary School

48

Population

17807

Community Clinic

24

Male

7199

Union Health Complex

12

*Programmatic
areas : Ensuring
responsiveness of public institution

*Goal
: Peoples’ poverty and vulnerability reduced

*Purpose : Service delivery institutions are more responsive

*Output -1 :People are organized to claim to their rights

*Output -2 :Capacity of citizens in project areas to monitor activities of govt.
service delivery institutions.

*Output -3 :Capacity of the duty bearers increased.

Activities

Output- 1

People are
organized to claim their rights.

Output -2

Capacity of citizens in project areas to monitor
activities of govt. service delivery institutions.

Output -3

Capacity of the duty bearers increased.

* Base line survey

* Formation of Union Federation

* Quarterly meeting with Standing
committee at UP level

* Formation of Primary Group

* Formation of Support group Odhikar Mongh) at Upazila level

* Workshop with
LGI and community for
ensuring their mandated role and responsibilities

* Formation of Village Development
Committee (VDC) among Primary Group

* Formation of District
Odhikar Monch at District level

* Workshop with Dep. of Social Welfare , Women Welfare Affairs and
Community for the service delivery and
ensuring their role and responsibilities

* Bi-monthly session of Primary
Group

* Selection of Social Animator at Village level

* Workshop with SAAO and Community
for the service delivery and ensuring
their role and responsibilities.

* Bi-Monthly Village Develop.
Committee (VDC) meeting

* Quarterly meeting with Union Federation

* Workshop about the service with Service delivery agencies and Farmer /Beneficiaries